THEY are used to screaming love-struck teenagers wherever they go, so One Direction were taken aback when they were booed on stage.

The US backlash came as bandmates Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson collected a gong at the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Song of the Summer.

But they won support from singer Lady Gaga, who told them: “Don’t you dare let those people boo you.

“If I did hear what I heard out there, I just want to tell you that you deserve every bit of success that you have. I want to leave right now. I don’t want to stay any more because I don’t want to be in a room where people are booing.”

Despite the VIP audience’s reaction, they stayed positive, with Zayn saying: “We want to say a massive thank you to the fans who voted for us.”

The British boy band won the award on Sunday for their track Best Song Ever. But they faced an uncomfortable moment when country music star Taylor Swift took a swipe at ex-boyfriend Harry. The 23-year-old appeared to backhandedly thank him for their failed romance after receiving a trophy for Best Female Video at the annual awards show in New York.

Taylor takes a swipe at Harry as she gets her gong

Taylor Swift looked fantastic at the MTV VMAs

Don’t you dare let those people boo you

Lady Gaga

She had to walk past Harry to reach her seat, meanwhile the star-struck 19-year-old chatted to another beauty, R’n’B star Rihanna. Taylor’s award-winning song I Knew You Were Trouble was penned with Styles in mind when she felt spurned by the handsome Brit.

After being presented with her trophy she said: “I want to thank the fans because I tweeted about this a lot, I really wanted this.” She quickly added: “I also want to thank the person who inspired this song because he knows exactly who he is.” The camera then panned to an awkward-looking Harry.

1D were presenting Best Pop Video and when they walked on stage Taylor appeared to mouth an obscenity.